§336 Allotments to Indians making settlement

Summary

If an Indian who is entitled to an allotment under existing law settles on public land that is not already taken, he or she can apply at the local land office to have the land allotted to them and their children the same way allotments are made for Indians on reservations. The President chooses where these allotments may be made, but no one may get more than 40 acres of irrigable land, 80 acres of nonirrigable farm land, or 160 acres of nonirrigable grazing land. If the land was not yet surveyed, the grant will be adjusted after the survey and a patent will be issued with the limits and restrictions in sections 348 and 349 of this title. Any land-office fees that would have applied are paid from Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated after the Secretary of the Interior submits and certifies the account to the Secretary of the Treasury.